Re: [Firebird-devel] XML Load/Dump Utility

[Jim S. <ja...@ne...>]

Leyne, Sean wrote:

>The representation proposed is exactly how I define XML schemas -- not
>sure you'll think this is a good thing ;-)
>  
>
Gosh, Sean, I'll just have to deal with it, I guess.

> <>You will have a problem with large text/blob columns. There is a size
> restriction for attribute items.
> I don't recall the size limit, off the top of my head. I am
> investigating and will reply back.
>
I suppose we could allow a <column> without a value attribute to mean 
that the value is enclosed between tags.  That would give us the 
following set of alternatives:

    * <row FIRSTNAME="Jim"/>
    * <row> <column name="FIRSTNAME" value="Jim"/></row>
    * <row> <column name="FIRSTNAME">Jim</column></row>

This doesn't actually bother me.  The code to handle the three cases on 
the load side is approximately three or four lines.  I'd like to hear 
some more opinions.

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Jim Starkey
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